Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Marks Seven Years in Space and Becomes the Fastest Car in History (YouTube @SpaceX)
Launched by Elon Musk in February 2018, the Tesla Roadster was sent to space as part of the SpaceX project, carried aboard the Falcon Heavy rocket to test the launch.
The vehicle, which contains a mannequin named “Starman” dressed in an astronaut suit, was a playful stunt by the entrepreneur, who wanted to send into space “the silliest thing” his team could imagine. The car was chosen by Musk as it was his personal model, used for his daily drives to Tesla’s headquarters.
After the successful launch, the Roadster began floating in space and has since been tracked by a specialized website. Currently, the car is about 386 million kilometers from Earth, traveling at an impressive speed of nearly 6400 km/h, making it the fastest car ever recorded. At this moment, it is approaching the Sun, 243 million kilometers away from the star.
In addition to being a symbolic milestone, the Tesla Roadster carries some curious items: the car’s sound system is set to play “Space Oddity” by David Bowie on repeat, the glove compartment contains a copy of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” and the dashboard displays a Hot Wheels miniature.
The journey remains one of Musk’s most famous and surprising stunts, with the car now having spent almost seven years in space.
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Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Marks Seven Years in Space and Becomes the Fastest Car in History (YouTube @SpaceX)
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